Glorify God In Your Body

I am the girl that has battled for decades with liking the person I see in the mirror.  I am a lot better than I was in yesteryears but still I have relapses of self-deprecating thoughts.  I know better, and I should do better. However, even after writing a chapter in the book  13 Seats – The Women  Who Dared to Testify (see link at the bottom), I am not over the struggle and so my journey continues towards hope in Christ.

 

 As I get older, I do realize that I have been able to like myself a lot more.  I have been able to appreciate and value the good and the bad about my body.  I thank God for doing that.  I believe that He has been the key to my success if any had been had at all.

 His word often re-routes me from the self-destructive thinking that sneaks up in mind.  Yesterday was such a day for me.  I saw in one of the books I was reading that we ought to glorify God in our bodies.  You may be familiar with the verse found in 1 Cor 6:19-20:

19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [c]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

 My body is a temple where the Holy Spirit dwells!  My body – flawed and imperfect is a place where my God has chosen to reside.  With that in mind how can I look badly at this body?  No.  I am choosing to see myself as God intended.  This body will glorify God in Jesus Name!

 

Prayer:

Lord I thank you for the revelation of truth.  I stand in it today and will not allow the mirror to rob me of it.  I pray that whoever reads this will be encouraged as well. I pray that lies will be annihilated and truth will prevail in their hearts.  In Jesus’ name, amen.

 

Resource:

https://www.amazon.ca/13-Seats-Women-Dared-Testify-ebook/dp/B07KXQXFN7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=13+seats+the+women+who+dared+to+testify&qid=1552074596&s=books&sr=1-1-spell